Matthews Criticizes Anti-Bush Booing as ‘Bad Form,’ Olbermann Not
During Tuesday morning’s inaugural coverage on MSNBC, when spectators were heard booing President Bush as he was introduced, Chris Matthews seemed to become uncomfortable and criticized the protest as "bad form," remarking, "Don’t do that. Don’t boo, don’t boo, don’t boo." But minutes later, when protesters could be heard singing "Hey, hey, goodbye," co-anchor Keith Olbermann seemed to suggest…
January 20th, 2009 6:50 PM
Tom Brokaw's Revenge? Calls Out 'Bigots and Rednecks' on Obama Inaugur
January 20th, 2009 6:31 PM
NBC News Panel 'Emotional' Over Obama's Inauguration
The truly historic moment of the first African-American to be sworn-in as President cannot, nor should not, go without some comment but to the degree NBC News' anchors and reporters were willing to share their personal feelings, on air, about the moment was a bit remarkable for purported objective journalists. During NBC News' live coverage on Tuesday of Barack Obama's Inauguration, Meredith…
January 20th, 2009 6:20 PM
Chris Matthews Gushes: MSNBC 'Has Opened Its Heart to Change
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, in his latest heart-palpitation over the new era of Barack Obama, inadvertently let the cat out of the bag regarding his network’s transparent to court a left-wing audience. “This is the network that has opened its heart to change -- to change and its possibilities. Let’s be honest about it. These -- these people watch this network out here,” Matthews gushed Tuesday…
January 20th, 2009 6:19 PM
Matthews: MSNBC ‘Opened Its Heart to Change,’ ‘Network of 21st C
During Tuesday morning’s inaugural coverage on MSNBC, Chris Matthews seemed to admit the liberal pro-Obama tilt of his network as he proclaimed that MSNBC "opened its heart to change," and that they are the "network of the 21st century," and that "this crowd knows us." Matthews: "It sure as hell helps to be on MSNBC today. Let’s talk straight here. This is the network that has opened its heart to…
January 20th, 2009 6:00 PM
Tom Brokaw Cheers Obama Inauguration Like 'Velvet Revolution
Reflecting on the mood of the crowd at Barack Obama's Inauguration, NBC's Tom Brokaw likened it to when he was present for the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. During NBC's live coverage of Obama's swearing-in on Tuesday, Brokaw declared, "It reminds me of the Velvet Revolution," and while Brokaw noted "a communist regime," was not being overthrown he pointed out, "an unpopular…
January 20th, 2009 5:27 PM
No Pleasing These Guys: Enviros Fume About Inaugural Tour Bus Exhaust
January 20th, 2009 5:17 PM
CBS Bids Good Riddance to Bush
During live coverage of President Bush leaving on the presidential helicopter immediately following the swearing in of Barack Obama, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric got reaction from liberal historian Douglas Brinkley, who observed: "Keep in mind, a lot of Americans are thinking it's pretty cool that he's leaving, too. A lot of Americans didn't take him as the real president after the Gore…
January 20th, 2009 5:17 PM
Luke Russert's Mother Shares His Tendency To Say Brains = Obama
January 20th, 2009 5:11 PM
Terry Moran: 'Confidence is What President-elect Obama is All About
"Nightline" anchor Terry Moran, who has been gushing over Barack Obama from the very start, filed an enthusiastic report on Monday's show and asserted that "confidence is what President-elect Obama is all about." Over video of the train ride that took the Democrat to Washington, the veteran ABC correspondent cooed, "It has been a grand journey all the way to the great moment tomorrow." During the…
January 20th, 2009 5:01 PM
Markets Greet Obama With Worst Inauguration Day Selloff In History
Barack Obama not only made history becoming the first black President of the United States Tuesday, but he was also inhospitably greeted by the biggest January Inauguration Day stock selloff ever.At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over four percent, with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices plummeting more than five percent.As the Wall Street Journal's MarketBeat blog…
January 20th, 2009 4:43 PM
Retiring Air Force One Pilot Praises Bush As 'Definitely a Great Man
Here's a story you may not have heard as the media have all but ignored outgoing President Bush during the Obama transition.The Air Force pilot who flew President Bush on 9/11 and ferried the commander-in-chief on secret flights to visit troops in Iraq hails the outgoing president as "definitely a great man" for whom "it's been an honor to fly."As CBS Radio's Mark Knoller noted in a January 17…
January 20th, 2009 4:10 PM
ABC's Gibson on Al Gore: 'Had He Gotten a Second Term
Less than an hour before Barack Obama took the oath of office, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson spotted former Vice President Al Gore arriving at the inauguration, and Gibson fantasized about how this could have been Gore's last day in office, not George W. Bush's."Had he gotten a second term," Gibson began before correcting himself, "had he been elected president in the first place in the year…
January 20th, 2009 3:51 PM
CBS: 'Cubans Look for "Change" to Believe In
CBSNews.com greets readers of its World Watch blog today with, "Cubans Look For 'Change' To Believe In."The blog post by Havana-based Portia Siegelbaum began by insisting that: Expectations are almost as high among Cubans as they are among Americans as the countdown to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama speeds up. Of course, far-left rhetoric notwithstanding, the United States is a…
January 20th, 2009 3:50 PM